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Fall 2007
Type 2 Diabetes

Spring 2006
Avian Flu: Ready or Not

Fall 2005
A Decade of Excellence:
Genetics, the Heart, the Brain

Spring 2005
Cancer:
Discovery, Development and Delivery:
From the Laboratory to the Community

Fall 2004
Make it Go Away: Managing Pain

Spring 2004
New Disease Threats:
How Science is Responding

Fall 2003
Building Bridges to Better Health:
Addressing Gaps in Health Care

Winter 2003
Smallpox: What You Need to Know

Fall 2002
 What's A-Head: Research Advances
of the Head, Neck, Ear, Nose, Throat

Spring 2002
 Taking Charge of Your Health

Fall 2001
 First Line Defense: The Immune System

Spring 2001
 Genes & Chips: Combining New Science, New Technology for
a Healthier Tomorrow

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In April 2001, UNMC's Mini-Medical School presented “Genes & Chips: Combining New Science, New Technology for a Healthier Tomorrow.” The series discussed new ways of diagnosing and preventing disease through the merging of computer science, engineering and medicine. The fields are working together to create gigantic leaps in medical knowledge, tools and research.

From black bag to laptop
Learn how computer technology is leading us to a healthier future, how records will be managed and how computers support the decisions of health-care providers.

James Linder, M.D.
Professor, Pathology/Microbiology, UNMC
Visiting Professor, the Peter Kiewit Institute of Information Science, Technology and Engineering, University of Nebraska

Technology to tailor treatments
Discover how computers measure gene expression and distinguish differences in diseases, which may help explain why some people respond to treatments and others don't.

Wing (John) C. Chan, M.D.
Professor, Pathology/Microbiology, UNMC

Practicing on virtual patients
Find out how computer equipment and learning simulators can be used in the classroom to teach the next generation of health-care professionals.

John Tinker, M.D.
Chairperson and Professor, Anesthesiology, UNMC

Doctor.com: Medical advice on the Web
Study ways to access medical information on the Internet and learn how to identify legitimate Web health sites.

John Windle, M.D.
 Section Chief and Professor, Cardiology
Director of Health Informatics Program, UNMC

Fighting cancer on the genetic level
Learn how cancer occurs when certain genes are turned off, how UNMC researchers use technology to detect these changes and how new treatments are being developed.

Judith K. Christman, Ph.D.
Chairperson and Stokes-Shackleford Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UNMC

Special delivery drugs
Discover how researchers are developing new drug delivery systems that will act like magic bullets.

Alexander (Sasha) Kabanov, Ph.D., Dr.Sc.
Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, UNMC


Technology and touch: A joint effort
Find out how engineering, robotic surgery and computers are assisting orthopaedic surgeons in the operating room.

Hani Haider, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, UNMC

On the cutting edge
Explore the world of computer-assisted surgery and see how UNMC's new da Vinci Surgical System works.

Byers W. Shaw Jr., M.D.,
Chairperson and Professor
Regents Named Chair, Surgery, UNMC